The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 20, 1941, Page 2

r the fact that the question is | entirely up to city and county authorities, a Washington story carried in The Citizen Friday described the possibility of includ- } ing this city in the general sanitary pro- gram of the U.S. Department of Public | Health. i Under the program, according to the | story, large placards would be placed in| 0 ‘restaurants, grading them on cleanliness MESES | byletters—A, B, C. ate: h perfect truth that | cities suchas this‘one do face: a health j ; : 2 ——_—_______—__ | prcblem when they are literally mobbed by fa St od acm 10,99 | defense workers and members of the armed » Months £00 | services, dee reer 2 85 In the first place, restaurant operators | SEE PC a ; . Wc e SS : | who are rushed with business haven't as_ q top ta mmc | much time to keep conditions on a sanitary {E basis <s they do in quiet times, And, equally | os : All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of | important, some of them lose a good de: the rate of 18 cent eiaem, ete will be charged for at | their incentive for cleanliness when they ; Notices for entertainment by churches from which | discover that they will be rushed with new a veyenue te to be derived are 6 cents a line. ge, she : pe, itizen Is an oj forum and invites discna- | customers in spite of poor food or failure “ TaeE of Bublic Issues and subjects of local or general i Dut it will got publish anonymous communi- | to clean up. Admitting that the unsanitary places will lose out inthe end when «the influx | stops. and. customers have learned to avoid | ‘those places, still that is little consolation ; forthe newcomers who arrive in town} got) | knowing where to go and take a chance on | getting bad food. j | Under present circumstances, em- | ployes of the restaurants do get a physical examination, but the only way anyone | could learn about the conditions of the res- taurant, itself, would be if it became so bad | it was closed by the city—and, apparently, ~ Phe person who asks, ‘Why?” is the | that would have to be pretty bad. “S. Consolidation of County and City Gov- a ernments, @ A Modern Cit; Hospital. person who finds out. As a matter of fact, establishment of a pp Ee SSE — really effective grading system, although it KEY ppt ae Due care isa legal phrase, but the lack | might seem to interfere with the freedom AYS G BY of it causes death to many Americans. of the restaurant operators, probably would ae pris ef hal eek . meet with their approval when > they had Yaers tase As Yaken Free Business seldom expands by magic; it |.time to become accustomed to it. For the Files Of Citizen usually grows because somebody with | ciean places, the sign would be a mark of brains is working. merit, and for the dirty ones, it would pro-. Key West, with $540,565 in- | vide a real incentive for a cleanup. materials rolling through its port Highway accidents kill people every | sae ie ats fe seers - day in the United States, regardless of war | THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES = "=" ert sali i od or peace in Europe. Secretary of War H. L. Stimson points {total of nearly one-third the en- , | e J Ini .. | tire amount for Florida. ~ Read the announcements in The Citi- out that the Army of the United States ex. ta eo tel serie ok zen of the yarious candidates offering for | ceeds by only a small margin the size of the (1. sate during» August } | Z 3 : weré public office, and pick your choice. | combined armies of Holland and Belgium |x. West, ; Tampa, eS on the eve of their invasion by Germany. $367,123; Jacksonville, $351,202; L This is interesting information, but Pensacola, $16: Fernandina, he proper size army for the United States Grande, $26,817.) and Panama as no apparent relation to the size of City, $20,158. ay p OREN S armies maintained by other countries. Torta « “4 p t will be the first city _ Qur own little observation: Few | Our army should be of sufficient size to s country td greet the only women think highly of other women, and if |, ©@"ry out the duties it may reasonably be | European & » ‘enter the U The latest creation of government | agencies is the Office of Facts and Figures _ OFF. Like so many of the others. i oti admiration is expressed it has a hollow ] ¢xPected to perform. So = of. Hojary In aa sound, ie Mr. Stimson points out, however, that | “Cray Paschall of England, REESE UAE our army has an enormous task. Not president of the Rotarians of the We believe that every citizen of Key | only must it defend the continental United | world, will land here Nov. 20 : : a8 < pi fter a visit in Cuba. He will be West should, whenever possible, trade with | States but it must man a large number bai Ee eiaienied ti "waehl | Notarene mé the business men of Key West and that the | outposts “ranging from Iceland in the (who will go to Cuba to mect him. shi business men should make it profitable. | Northeast down through the island bases to and will be welcomed in K fo | Panama and British Guiana, out to Hawaii ee aa pecare Time mee officers of the o1 ation. If Florida runs the cows off the high- | and up to Alaska.” : eee pr ways, they won't be contented cows. May- | Because of the distance and the im-| The Citizen, in an editorial, yo be that’s why the cattlemen insist that the | possibility of rushing reinforcements to ae as Gfaabvids | oe — = 7? 5 is S21) an Ws stor- ras cows be permitted te foam.on the _high- | these far-flung outposts, the army must }i.. <3y the Boston and Charles- . | keep its units up to war strength in order to ‘ton navy yards are té'be put on | take care of any emergency that may de- 4” inoperative basis, it will in- . = fe en BUSY y {dicate that the navy has begun We are all tax experis these days. | velop. ways, they want them to be ¢ontented. to run its ~owh{ affaky without First there is the “legislator who raises | — the military force of the | having to do what the politicians taxes. Then‘there is the taxpayer who {Nation now consists of 1,582,000 persons, of ae Sie re : - : ih 111,000 fficers lieve, however, ‘that! raises the money to pay the raised taxes.) Whom 111, ee = The Boston navy yard will s And finally there is the man who collects a ae eee be doing busi at the same old J z NOT TO SCRAP WARSHIPS 'stand 10 years from now, chances the money that the taxpayer raised to pay * : . Sees pe are, d fact there is the taxes that the legislator raised_—Lee Senator Tom Connally of Texas re- miuaiie res ek eetig | Morris, in the Evening Independent, St. | cently told the American Bar Association save a political one—for its ex- Petersburg. that he would never vote to scrap a single * wi a | ship of our two-ocean navy at any post-war | wr and Mrs. Edward Roma- < an The political tempo of Key West, for- | disarmament conference. guera, 1218 Newton street, h we merly slow and long-drawn out, has Some readers may think that the Texas 2™=ownced the birth of a seven- pe aaicl and ccascutraind Lacuatar i Tia kumwcle t jy, Pound girl Saturday morning changed to one of quic r 1 senator is concerning himse oo early. The = ince camedk Bilas tia action, all the enthusiasm and effort is be- They are mistaken. Just as pacifists and | Gra era. lo i din the few weeks before isgui ur eople in this country = +4 ing compresse : ies s : misguided church people his y BERSONATS oN. 5 Mccduk wt election. The paucity of candidates for the | some years ago clamored for disarmament, joca)_ mere si left ag various offices is due in a large measure to | they will do so again. for Miami the remunerative jobs, the Federal govern- In the light of subsequent events, the visit : - : ere for a ment has created here. grandstand manoeuvre of the Harding Ad ne aakdeumtie Me and sat oh - _— ‘ ministration, in jjunking hundreds of mil- McCurdy Mora. left yesterday ig ~ This writer chose Key West 30 years | jjons of dollars! worth ef American war- ier har Home in Miami. - eo «. P eur i eee istake ate jompeon returned here re. ago as a desirable place for a pean ships, represents the «most costly mistake jhoard the Florids yesterday aft- hj home, and in all that time every tax collec-» ever made by this nation in the realm of na- jer-a visit to Havana. a i ith the county commissioners an tional defense. es Da tor tiled w % e " Ranks of Ke West hunters insolvency list, but this year Joseph C. fk | It may be a regrettable fact but it is oorently have thinned since Mahon, Monroe county tax collector, was | the truth, nevertheless, that our faith in last year, with Judge Hugh able to dispense with that unpleasant duty | treaties outlawing war and pledging nations Gunn issuing only eight hunting because collections for intangible and per- | not to use war as an instrument of national i So an we (> pcre = sonal taxes were almost 100 per cent ard | policy has been sadly misplaced. number was far above this year's the few pleas of insolvency were not ac-| it is time for us to understand that total. bug. hunters predicted the cepted. Citizens who took interest in scan- | law and order must be upheld by force and sie pea ae he gg ning over the list in the past had the shock | ig we want law and order in the world, the ities die SES of their lives at seeing the names it dis- United States must contribute a reasonable | Dnepropetrovsk. Russia, grew | . from a city of 188,000 inhabitants ¢losed, 23 | proportion of the force. {in 1926 to 500,000 in 1939. -_ THE KEY WEST CITIZEN $197,186; Miami, $52,030; Boca ¢ pan Ak Stetina a eN 2 a Hove you drecmed gt travel comonce scwemnse'? Thatc-aase owors the man who jams the Nawy Mowe you Steamer © mommy = trade that puts you wn inne tor bug Say putes sn cman Sine” Thee er sees you freining i eny one of fity-oae made Eomns Mc. mem me Greds oF Gollan: the tea veo: The Nowy gives you $118.00 worth of enters: ew mend free meals... free medics! ond dentgl core onc om ue cma ment And you eorn white you earn & you ore 17 ot over, this & you bg chonce ‘Novy Editor of thu newspape: end ast to o mer _ “UFE IN THE tS. NAVY” PEOPLE” "Today In Histo! CHAMBER OF = 0 EOPLE'S FORUM _Today In History COMMERCE NOTES = cw « Ke ® : ee waigiiades: ce expree-__ 1774—+Continental Co: sions ‘of the views ef its read- ‘ers the colomies t ers, but the editor reserves the <j ahd ‘discourage al right to delete any items 2¥C ahd discourage all which are considered libelous racing, and all kinds of g: or unwarranted. The writers fighting satnihhi uhoula be fair S confine the cock-fighting, F exhibi letters, to 300 words, and write shows. and other om ome side of the paper only. \, Signature of the writers must accompany the Ietters and will be published uniexs requested otherwise. ig a 1803—The Louisiana Purch \MHY NOT KEY WEST?” Tatified by the U.S, Senate. Editor, The Citizen: 1818—United States and Brit- Many peoplt whg come here are ain agree to the joint occupati always saying what a hole Key of Oregon. West Some call it the “rock”. call it the northernmost part of Cuba, instead of the south- nost city of U.S.A. Why not leave it as “Little old Key West” and enjoy yourself while you are here. Of course, we can't make you love West by force, you have t nake yourself like it, as you ‘e going to be here fcr sometime. 't We are sure if you will look areund you will find that Key West has many amusements that recuests, From a far doing pre on proposed for Key img arrangements é can. 1820—Spain cedes Florida wing questions t latitude of Key West 2 Pc imes of the 1g each season. (4) Bear- 7 . ing pressure of the soil. ) Meth- mona Page’ you are accustomed to, unless you ods of building construction, ma- And are there amy were'a frequent visitor of the terials used, suggestions for the boys whe will write & many race tracks, dog tracks, and Bb sees Oo design of hurricane resisting Page” what-have-we in the United y unofficially ac- Structures and suggestions for the The addmess ihe condi- V€ nm of buildings.” Cochecton. New York ile we were wishing we had Here is 2 plot ready time to do justice to this; here seme budding Key West States. But we do have sw: ming facilities, theaters (now be ing remodeled), skating rink, box ing, high school, grammar schools, === football” ‘basketball, aancng’ ‘TOOAY’S Bithdays night clubs and many more = —_ i G E Well Thrift Se eee ts understood that|, Prof John Dewey of Colum- ew &- Deep- there 48 "nothifig elaborate about’ >i famed philosopher, born in oy Weak tak Gan cast aioe Se Burlington, Vt., 82 years ago. stay here a most enjoyable one, by doing these little things: Try to forget about home, being as Key West is going to be your home for the time being; try to forget how much greater and larger your home town is than | Key Wrest. (It is an.old and quaint s and much older than yours Dor in C 2, and has been- kept that Y°@lS ago. bes ag i ee Dr. John C. Merriam, presi- rent); don’t throw your slams dent emeritus of the € and insults into the faces of the [mstitution, Washington, thful Key West habitants, born in Hopkinton, Iowa who love and protect their town Y°2™S 380. just as you do your own; they ae anaes with a n't like to have such slams Edgar Selwyn, producer-play- thrown at them, just as you|¥Tight, born in Cincinnati, 66 GENERAL wouldn't like to have the very Years ago. ie remarks cast at you. about 2 your own town. ba James Wrigkt Brown, pub- RANGE It has been quoted that ‘Key lisher of Editor and Publisher, Judge Shermz diafia, ‘of the 7th i of Appeals, born in Ge Inds. 41 years. ggo. Ss H. March, chair Trade dar Mills, West people are some of the New York, born in Detroit, 68 friendliest people in the U. S, A.” Years ago. and we are sure you will find it —— thgt way too, if you will just give| Amma Neagle. actress, born in 2 London, 37 years ago. gt thgm a chance. : a it be understood that. we arg not trying to criticize the dawn-beat and dislike you have} for Key West, but we want your stay here to be a most enjoyable one. ROLAND KEETON. Key West, Fla, Oct. 20, 1941. CHAMPION GRANDFATHER COLORADO SPRINGS—T. R. Fowler of this city claims to be the fiation’s champion grand- father. He is the father of 12 chil- | dren; has 52 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren.